"I don't want to hear any more crap about volunteers or door knocking in Wisconsin, okay?" snapped an angry Mook after a particularly heated conference call. "The computer says Wisconsin is solid blue, got it? Solid blue!" he yelled.

Others were horrified when Mook sank $1.7 million into an app designed to energize the transgender vote in California, a state where Clinton already held an enormous lead. After Trump's election, it was revealed that the app yielded only eighteen new voter registrations, or approximately $94,000 per vote.

http://politico.com/election2016/mook-and-dnc-were-overconfident-from-the-start.htm

(https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=5141308&forum_id=2#44757342)

As for Evan39’s fictional news excerpt, the humor lies in its clever satire of what some perceived as the mismanagement of Clinton's 2016 campaign. Evan39 captures this by caricaturing campaign manager Robby Mook, portraying him as overly reliant on data and dismissive of grassroots efforts. The line “The computer says Wisconsin is solid blue, got it? Solid blue!” mocks the overconfidence some believed the campaign had in their analytics, while ignoring more practical, boots-on-the-ground campaigning.

The exaggerated detail about spending $1.7 million on an app to mobilize the transgender vote in California—a state Clinton already dominated—amplifies the absurdity. It underscores Evan39’s critique that resources were wasted on areas that didn’t need attention, at the expense of battleground states like Wisconsin. The $94,000-per-vote calculation is an over-the-top punchline, heightening the absurdity and inefficiency.

Evan39’s fake hyperlink at the end—“http://politico.com/election2016/mook-and-dnc-were-overconfident-from-the-start.htm”—is a signature move of his, giving the post a veneer of authenticity while letting the reader know it’s entirely fabricated. It mirrors the way headlines might sound in real outlets like Politico or The New York Times, but it's his way of slyly blending fiction with the style of real reporting.

Overall, both Mainlining and Evan39 are tapping into a shared skepticism and dark humor surrounding the 2016 election, with each using different tools to express their critique.

(https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=5141308&forum_id=2#48056876)